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Members Lounge => General Bocking Chat => Topic started by: Jason on December 05, 2007, 11:59:27 PM
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Don't be put off of trying to use your PJ's on new surfaces
If you are well padded it's worth a try
Just to give you an idea of whats possible these were taken on my PJ's at 8am and yes that is frost, mud and leaves and it got worse further in
But then I did have Studdies on ;D I even tried a few bounces on it ;D
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I think it should be
BOck on anything as long as its with your "studdies" on ;D
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Gravels a bit tricky but along as you take it steady it's fine !
Sands can be like bit gravel but you may find your sinking into it !
Damp sand is a little better oddly ( most surfaces are better dry ) but you still have to watch that your not sinking.
One place that's almost impossible to bock on is a wet muddy path with leaf on it :o
I walked straight into a path like that, I didn't so much bock across it but slipped and slided over it :o
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Maybe studdies will be the solution for you ;)
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Not on wet slippery roads, I should know that after almost falling over in front of one of my mates!! ;D
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I bock on just about any surface, including muddy farm fields :D
BUT, wet leaves I avoid like the plague >:( Even with mountain bike tyre sox on, leaves will get you :o
GB...
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The last paragraph of Original Two's story springs to mind....
So, springs are finally loosening, you haven’t fallen in a while and as soon as you get the hang of the two footed jumps you'll be back flipping in no time. The sun is out, people are staring in awe and your in the clouds, literally.
As you slowly start to jog, testing the spring, waiting for that extra push. You feel the fibres start to take you as having the bocks on slowly starts to feel natural. You pick up speed as the wind brushes your shirt, you feel like Schumacher hasn't experienced speed. Your pads are left strewn across the floor, you have no need for safety when you are an expert.
The spring stops bending as you feel the force pushing through your leg, your hoof slowly begins to leave the ground and it isn't about to go back down soon as the nine foot stride target seems to be closer than ever. Then you have the moment, that nanosecond of space. You don't know if your going to drop or just stay there, suspended in your own atmosphere, you pay no attention to the toddler, his object of fascination for the next week found. You slowly lower your leg as the moment has gone, a chrystal memory, that split second where you have nothing on your mind, you just enjoy.
And from this high, brings a low. The landing. You have been so absorbed with your run that looking down has not occurred to you and the stench of the rotting leaves has evaded your senses. The hoof, unable to find grip, scrabbles’ around, desperately trying to find a hold on the mass of the green-brown trap. As you start to register a problem the bock slips forward, the shin pressing up and the thigh down. You feel intense pressure then a sudden release. You are ok, until the pain hits, you cannot move, colour drained as you stay frozen. A break.
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OK new challenge for you Jason ( anD lets see how studdies would stand up)-----FIRE BOCKING ;D
www.firewalking.com/firewalking_pix.html (http://www.firewalking.com/firewalking_pix.html)
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Putting ideas in Jason's head may spell disaster :o
Oh well at least his wife is a first aider ;D
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the worst ever surface is wet floor with moss or algi attacked to it that is VERY slipery i should no i tryed running on it :P
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Well I think Ice covered cobbles in covent garden will take some beating (If it ever gets cold enough)
I was working outside in a T-shirt today and it's almost Christmas
But really the only problem with leaves (and they were so thick you could'nt see the ground) was that they built up with the mud on the bottom of the Studdies and I had to stamp to knock the clods off of them ;D
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you could use Ur studdies for litter piking ;D
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you could use Ur studdies for litter piking ;D
lol give all council workers a pair off studies to go onto boots/shoes, may be done in record time, lol
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Well I think Ice covered cobbles in covent garden will take some beating (If it ever gets cold enough)
ok i can beat it, ice covered cobbles on lincolns steep hill. lol.
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Well I think Ice covered cobbles in covent garden will take some beating (If it ever gets cold enough)
ok i can beat it, ice covered cobbles on lincolns steep hill. lol.
Go along the hill a bit and try Motherby Hill it's harder, even first thing in the morning in summer with damp moss in the cobbles ! With ice ... forget it !!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/Dark-Knight/Bocking/Untitled-18.jpg)
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DK that looks like fun, must not let jason near it as he is bound to hurt himself!!! lol ;D
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You could soo Grind that !!! XD
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how would u grind that ud have to keep jumping to not hit the bumpy bits :P
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Finally an excuse to fit ski's to a set of PJ's ;D
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Finally an excuse to fit ski's to a set of PJ's ;D
Should I phone 999 now or do you have the an ambulance on speed dial ;D
Shame it's a cop station next door and not a hospital. :D
And I should piont out there's a main road right across the bottom of the hill :o
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Strage you should mention roads at the bottom of hills DK
When I was about 5 me and a couple of mates made a box car (wooden go kart to you youngsters)
We went up tight hill in Egham (very steep and long, not drivable in snow) the idea was one goes on it and the other 2 hold a long rope tied to the back (as a brake)
All went fine till my turn and then they let go of the rope I don't know what speed I was doing when I overtook the Panda car (old fasioned little police car to you youngsters )
At the bottom of the hill is a large grass roundabout
When the nice police man pulled me out of the flowerbed in the middle he checked if I was alright and then said something like
"Your going to have to come to the station with me sonny"
Well I must have looked like I was gonna burst into tears cause he quickly explained that I was'nt in trouble he just needed me to explain what had happened to the desk sergent
The reason ???
When he radioed in to say he'd been overtaken by and was persuing a speeding Box car down tight hill the desk sergent had said
"Fred have you been down the pub again" ;D
Those were the days when the copper that stopped you was probably more drunk than you were ;D
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lol
We use to make wooden go-karts too it was great ;D and scavenge around and ask neighbours for little bits and bobs for them. Don't remember needed anyone to hold the rope thou lol,
Ours use to look like these but we use to settle for the old pram wheels (you know the big massive ones )
http://gokartguru.com/images/wooden%20gokart2.jpg
Kids don't do stuff like that no more
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Yep the big pram wheels were the ones to go for very free running and the smaller pushchair wheels for the front to make them look like dragsters ;D
I can remember many a near death experience on them :laugh:
By the way I lived next to Staines bridge then and they used to unearth a new wartime UXB at least once a year maybe thats why I'm lucky ;D
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and best of all we can all wrap jason up in bubble wrap to stop him from hurting himself as much if he tried it :laugh: :P ;D
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Jason can Bock on anything .... Well maybe not but a##e ends up on everything ;D
Jason AKA Captain Kirk ~~ Boldly going where on other bocker ( sane bocker ) would go :laugh:
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OK I excelled myself on tuesday night today I ached in places I didn't know I had
The reason
Had a day off for last wrist check up (all ok now) so I went down to the Horse with the wife
She goes round the farm (about 2 miles) in the dark so I decided to go with her on stilts ::)
Now I do this on the weekend in the light and it's hard work but nothing prepared me for bocking on uneven ground in thick mud in the pitch black
The shere hard work was amazing each time you put a foot down your not sure where the floor is gonna be or what state it's in and what angle it's gonna be at a bit like missing a step or curb ;D
2 miles in those conditions was far worse then the whole day at CB and I'm fitter now I did manage a bounce half way round but not for long or very high and a couple of runs (really scary when you cant see)
By the way It was so much fun I recomend everyone trys ;D
Ps Half way round the wife burst out laughing when I said "This is starting to seem like one of my bad ideas" ;D
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bet ur still smiling thou init ;)
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Grinning from ear to ear Naz ;)
But the grin does become a little fixed when I move my back ;D
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lol
We use to make wooden go-karts too it was great ;D and scavenge around and ask neighbours for little bits and bobs for them. Don't remember needed anyone to hold the rope thou lol,
Ours use to look like these but we use to settle for the old pram wheels (you know the big massive ones )
http://gokartguru.com/images/wooden%20gokart2.jpg
Kids don't do stuff like that no more
naz as a fellow "Kid" ill have u no me and my mate make various bits and bobs like our go kart was 7ft long and was run on roller skate wheels :P we tied it to a bike and got someone to ride us down the road and me and my mate have made a spot welder out of capacitor and a flash of a camera (yes its VERY dangerous 1 shock can kill) and we measured it with a volt/amp meter got half a amp coming out of it
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sure way to get fried :o
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it ok we have attched a safet clip to so before anyone can touch it the safety catch has to be put up so thell be no accidents hehe :laugh:
i may be crazy and stupid but safety is my first concern (most of the time)